1Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord? 2If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord. 3Mine answer to them that do examine me is this, 4Have we not power to eat and to drink? 5Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas? 6Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working? 7Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? 8Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? 9For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? 10Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. 11If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things? 12If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ. 13Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar? 14Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel. 15But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void. 16For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel! 17For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me. 18What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel. 19For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more. 20And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law; 21To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law. 22To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some. 23And this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you. 24Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. 25And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. 26I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: 27But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
Ebigwanira omutume ne by’ateekwa okukola
19:1 a 2Ko 12:12 b 1Ko 15:8 c 1Ko 3:6; 4:15Ssiri wa ddembe? Ssiri mutume? Ssaalaba Yesu Mukama waffe? Si mmwe bibala by’omulimu gwange mu Mukama waffe? 29:2 2Ko 3:2, 3Obanga ssiri mutume eri abalala, naye ndi mutume eri mmwe, kubanga mmwe kabonero k’obutume bwange mu Mukama waffe.
3Ekyo ky’eky’okuwoza kyange eri abo abambulirizaako. 49:4 1Bs 2:6Sirina buyinza kulya na kunywa? 59:5 a 1Ko 7:7, 8 b Mat 12:46Singa nnewasiza omukazi, siyinza kutambula naye mu ŋŋendo zange ng’abatume abalala ne Keefa9:5 Keefa ye Peetero, ne baganda ba Mukama waffe bwe bakola? 69:6 Bik 4:36Oba Balunabba nange, ffe ffekka ffe tusaana okwekolera?
79:7 Ma 20:6; Nge 27:18Muserikale ki ali mu magye nga yeesasula empeera? Muntu ki eyalima ennimiro y’emizabbibu naye n’aziyizibwa okulya ku bibala byayo? Oba ani alunda ekisibo n’atanywa ku mata gaamu? 8Ebyo mbyogera ku bwange ng’omuntu, etteeka nalyo si bwe ligamba? 99:9 a Ma 25:4; 1Ti 5:18 b Ma 22:1-4Kubanga kyawandiikibwa mu mateeka ga Musa nti, “Tosibanga mumwa gwa nte ewuula eŋŋaano,” Mulowooza Katonda afa ku bya nte zokka, 109:10 a Bar 4:23, 24 b 2Ti 2:6oba kino akyogera ku lwaffe? Kubanga kino kyawandiikibwa ku lwaffe, oyo alima mu kusuubira alime, n’oyo awuula asuubire okufuna ku bibala. 119:11 Bar 15:27Obanga ffe twabasigamu eby’omwoyo, tekiriba kya kitalo bwe tulikungula ebyammwe eby’omubiri? 129:12 a Bik 18:3 b 2Ko 11:7-12Kale obanga abalala balina obuyinza ku mmwe, ffe tetusaanidde nnyo n’okusingawo? Kyokka ffe tetwabakaka kubituwa.
Naye tugumiikiriza byonna, tuleme okuziyiza Enjiri ya Kristo. 139:13 Lv 6:16, 26; Ma 18:1Temumanyi ng’abo abakola mu Yeekaalu baliisibwa bya Yeekaalu, era nga n’abo abaweereza ku kyoto bagabana bya ku kyoto? 149:14 Mat 10:10; 1Ti 5:18Mu ngeri y’emu Mukama waffe yalonda abo ababuulira Enjiri baliisibwenga olw’Enjiri.
159:15 a Bik 18:3 b 2Ko 11:9, 10Kyokka nze siriiko na kimu ku ebyo kye nkozesezzaako. Era ssawandiika bino ndyoke binkolerwe kubanga waakiri nze okufa okusinga okwenyumiriza kwange bwe kutaabeemu nsa. 169:16 Bar 1:14; Bik 9:15Kubanga bwe mbuulira Enjiri sisobola kwenyumiriza, kubanga mpalirizibwa okugibuulira. Era ziba zinsanze bwe sigibuulira. 179:17 a 1Ko 3:8, 14 b Bag 2:7; Bak 1:25Kubanga bwe mbuulira Enjiri olw’okweyagalira, mbeera n’empeera, naye ne bwe mba nga ssaagala, nkikola lwa kubanga nakwasibwa omulimu ogwo. 189:18 2Ko 11:7; 12:13Kale empeera yange y’eruwa? Empeera yange kwe kubuulira Enjiri nga sisasulwa era nga sibasaba nsasulwe olw’omulimu ogwo nga bwe nsaanidde.
199:19 a nny 1 b Bag 5:13 c Mat 18:15; 1Pe 3:1Kubanga newaakubadde nga ndi wa ddembe eri abantu bonna, nfuuka omuddu wa bonna olw’okweyagalira, ndyoke ndeete bangi eri Kristo. 209:20 Bik 16:3; 21:20-26; Bar 11:14Eri Abayudaaya nafuuka ng’Omuyudaaya ndyoke nsobole okubaleeta eri Kristo. N’eri abo abafugibwa amateeka nafuuka ng’afugibwa amateeka, newaakubadde nze nga ssifugibwa mateeka, ndyoke mbaleete eri Kristo. 219:21 Bar 2:12, 14Eri abo abatalina mateeka ga Katonda, nafuuka ng’atafugibwa mateeka, newaakubadde nga ssaaleka mateeka ga Katanda, naye nga ndi mu mateeka ga Kristo, n’abo abatalina mateeka ndyoke mbaleete eri Kristo. 229:22 a 1Ko 10:33 b Bar 11:14Mu banafu nafuuka ng’omunafu ndyoke mbaleete eri Kristo. Eri abantu bonna nfuuse byonna, mu ngeri yonna ndyoke mbeeko beentusa ku kulokolebwa. 23Byonna mbikola olw’enjiri, era nange ndyoke nfunire wamu nabo ebiva mu Njiri eyo.
249:24 Bag 2:2; 2Ti 4:7; Beb 12:1Temumanyi nga mu mpaka ez’okudduka abo bonna abazeetabamu badduka, naye awangula ekirabo abeera omu? Kale nammwe muddukenga bwe mutyo nga mufubirira okuwangula ekirabo. 259:25 Yak 1:12; Kub 2:10Buli muzanyi eyeetaba mu mpaka ateekwa okufuna okutendekebwa okw’amaanyi nga yeefuga mu bintu byonna. Ekyo bakikola balyoke bawangule engule eyonooneka. Naye ffe tulifuna engule eteyonooneka. 26Noolwekyo nziruka nga nnina kye ŋŋenderera. Sirwana ng’omukubi w’ebikonde amala gawujja n’akuba ebbanga. 279:27 Bar 8:13Naye mbonereza omubiri gwange ne ngufuula omuddu wange, si kulwa nga mbuulira abalala Enjiri, ate nze nzennyini ne sisiimibwa.
